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2009 Movie Preview
The Hartford CourantIn times of economic uncertainty, people tend to favor escapist fun, wanting nothing more for their entertainment dollars than to be swept away into a carefree, low-maintenance nowhere land. So the next four months' film lineup is just what this...Tags: PG-13 Rated Movies, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Bell, Video Games, IMAX
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Obama boys behaving badly
The SwampJon Favreau (L) and unidentified friend with Sen. Hillary Clinton cutout. (from the Washington Post "44" blog.) by Frank James A colleague tipped me to a Washington Post posting from the "44" blog which reports on an incident which......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Washington Post Co., The White House, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Government
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Superheoes and fantasy, melancholy and loss were big-screen themes
Special to The Morning CallFrom Batman and Iron Man to Hancock and the Hulk, superheroes ruled the box office in 2008. Even audience action favorites Indiana Jones and James Bond had to take a backseat to '' The Dark Knight,'' Christopher Nolan's extravaganza, which swooped away...Tags: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Man on Wire (movie), Nixon (movie), Encounters at the End of the World (movie), Heath Ledger
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Robert Gibbs: Face of Obama White House
The Swampby John McCormick On one of his last nights on the campaign trail, Barack Obama was agitated. He was backstage and face-to-face with a traveling aide after giving a speech to an overflow crowd at a football field. Like a......Tags: Hillary Clinton, David Axelrod, Upper House, Iowa, Alabama
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Pressly aims to learn from mistakes
Associated PressNEW YORK—Jaime Pressly takes nothing for granted except her own tenacity. She leaves nothing to chance when she lands a role. Borrowing from real life, "I'm gonna watch, pay attention and emulate," she says. "The way I'm gonna get under the skin...Tags: Goldie Hawn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Movies, North Carolina, Jason Segel
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'Four Christmases' stars Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek
Tribune criticQuestion for Reese Witherspoon: Do you employ an agent, or a manager? Is this the best romantic comedy you could find? Question for Vince Vaughn: Do you employ an agent, or a manager? Is this the best romantic comedy you could find? The acrid, wince-...Tags: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, Movies
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Nightmare on Facebook is good lesson
It always seems like fun at the time. Then the photo surfaces. Two guys, some beer and a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton have created fresh grief for the young and uninitiated to Washington Rules. In the latest blog scandal-ette, Jon Favreau, a Holy...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Culture, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), North Carolina
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Sexy co-star on 'Earl': Her name is Jaime Pressly
The Associated PressJaime Pressly takes nothing for granted except her own tenacity. She leaves nothing to chance when she lands a role. Borrowing from real life, "I'm gonna watch, pay attention and emulate," she says. "The way I'm gonna get under the skin of that character...Tags: Goldie Hawn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Movies, North Carolina, Jason Segel
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The man who designed 'Iron Man's' power suit
Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Ben Snow helped develop new digital technologies to create Iron Man's armor. He calls it digital wardrobing. What the heck's digital wardrobing? We'll let him explain: "It's the process of adding...Tags: Stan Winston, Metal and Mineral, Natural Resources, Iron Man (movie), Forests
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Going home for the holidays in the merry 'Four Christmases'
Serious talent can overcome even the most hackneyed of movie plots, as Four Christmases proves.
A surprisingly deft and sometimes hilarious variation on the well-worn "holidays+relatives=hell" story line (see Home for the Holidays, Christmas with the...Tags: Meryl Streep, Family, Religious Festivals, Tim McGraw, Jon Voight
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Movie review: Four Christmases -- 2 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticFour Christmases hurls towering Vince Vaughn at tiny Reese Witherspoon and a lot of Oscars at a lightweight holiday farce. This comedy about a happy couple made miserable by having to visit four divorced parents begins with a bang but settles into...Tags: Religious Festivals, Tim McGraw, Jon Voight, Commuting, Mary Steenburgen
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Katy Mixon finds her inner Panhandle for 'Four Christmases' role
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticImprovisation is a hallmark of the modern screen comedy. In the films of the "Frat Pack" of Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell and company, it's not the script that lands the laughs. It's funny actors riffing, trying to top the script. Katy Mixon...Tags: Sandra Bullock, Film Festivals, Will Ferrell, Four Christmases (movie), Ben Stiller
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